Annual General Branch Meeting

Start:5 March 2013

Time:The Annual General Meeting of the South Wales Variety Branch is to be held on 5th March, 2013. BRANCH MEETING DATES :TUESDAY 5TH MARCH 2013 at 7.30 pm .

Please attend the Annual General Meeting of the Branch because there will be Committee changes. If you support the branch and can take a position on the Committee you will be very welcome. Since all positions on the committee are up for renewal contact Shelli Dawn the Branch Secretary with your name etc. The Committee term is 2 Years not 12 months and really needs your input . . . . Current Committee members are always ready to help newcomers so you will not be alone.

At the Branch AGM we will have a Guest Speaker with a fantastic reputation in the Variety...

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The Annual General Meeting of the South Wales Variety Branch is to be held on 5th March, 2013. BRANCH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: TUESDAY 5TH MARCH 2013 at 7.30 pm Ty'n y Twr Public House, Baglan, Port TalbotPlease attend the Annual General Meeting of the Branch because there will be Committee changes. If you support the branch and can take a position on the Committee you will be very welcome. Since all positions on the committee are up for renewal contact Shelli Dawn the Branch Secretary with your name etc. The Committee term is 2 Years not 12 months and really needs your input . . . . Current Committee members are always ready to help newcomers so you will not be alone. The Guest for our AGM next Tuesday is Simon Curtis our Area Organiser and Wayne Bebb. Simon has some interesting anecdotes and sides to his past that you will find interesting - be there for an eventful evening with of course a New Committee for the next two years in place. we will be formulating a Motion for the Area Repesentatives Conference in May 2013. Help to create it - we have a good subject matter which will be presented at the meeting. It affects all of us in one form or another.

The Welsh National Committee meets in Cardiff on the day before our SWVB AGM and Goldini will be there to pass on anything that will be of interest to the branch.

Other News interest. There are some changes for the better regarding CRB Disclosure about to be confirmed. The initial changes were announced via Sky News recently and published on the internet. The changes have been a long time coming and Equity has been pressing for changes as practitioners in the field because of the many anomalies in the current system. When announced it may be possible to get CRB Wales to give us an update as they did the last time around. We had a well attended meeting at that event.How many of you have taken up the Courses etc. run by Cult Cymru ( Creative Industries) . The subject and course matter is always geared to what we want plus other generalised information. Some have taken up the First Aid Courses, others the Comedy Impro Course and have gained immensely from the events.The most recent course leading to gaining a Creative Industry Safety Passport has been undertaken by Noel West and Goldini.The course was a whole day event comprising 12 people and subject to an assessment (examination) at the end. The results were made available by email the following day and allows the participant a 3 year passport to practice. Noel and Goldini will elaborate at the next branch meeting. We both learnt a lot and will be able to guide members of the branch and also keep their own businesses and performances up to scratch. It is a matter of great importance and can assist you if any insurance claims are made. There's more to the entertainment business than just performing in front of an audience.